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Oromo
Oromo

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Chewa



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Oromo and Chewa

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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Somalia
Zambia

Regulated By

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-

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Somali Language
Zulu language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3431
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2418
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Moni

Thank You

Galatoomi
Zikomo

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Masana abwino

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
M'mawa wabwino

Please

Maaloo
Chonde

Sorry

naa dhiisi
pepani

Bye

Nagayattii!
anatsanzikana

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Kenya
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

66,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Kenya
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

13,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

175
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

galla
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Chewa people

History

Origin

16
15th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Chewa

Language Position

9127
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
nya

ISO 639 2/B

orm
nya

ISO 639 3

orm
nya

ISO 639 6

orm
nya

Glottocode

nucl1736
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Chewa Alphabets

Oromo and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Chewa. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Oromo and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Chewa languages. The Oromo phonology consist Oromo vowels and Oromo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Oromo greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Oromo and Chewa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Oromo and Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Oromo and Chewa Speaking population

Oromo and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Oromo and Chewa on Oromo vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Chewa Language Codes

Oromo and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.